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Battery breakthrough gives electric cars huge range boost
Scientists have discovered a new way to build batteries that could significantly reduce production costs and increase the range of electric vehicles. A team from the University of Boulder Colorado used a powerful X-ray machine to figure out why…
Electric Vehicles Can Support the Grid!
The ELRP rewards EV owners who send power from their car battery to the grid when it is needed most. Electric vehicle drivers in Ford's California Power Response program will earn $1 per kWh of energy reduced during peak grid events, creating…
Electric cars excluded from PM E-DRIVE scheme: Could dent sales further
With their exclusion now confirmed, the government's stance is clear–lower GST for electric cars, schemes for localisation of components and batteries, and additional funds for charging stations to address range anxiety are deemed sufficient…
'Trying to force people': Numbers reveal massive electric vehicle 'flop' in Australia as well!
EVs have been such a “commercial flop” that manufacturers are now trying to flog them by any means necessary, says Caleb Bond. Electric vehicles have been such a commercial flop that manufacturers are now trying to flog them by any…
MG Cyberster GT review: Stylish and affordable electric sports car
SPONSORED BY E.ON NEXT The Independent's Electric Cars Channel is sponsored by E.ON Next: driving the UK's EV and renewable energy revolution MG has proved it is still more than capable of developing stunning two-door roadsters that will stop…
Why The Grand Tour is really ending: Jeremy Clarkson thinks 'electric cars are rubbish'
The Grand Tour's final special, One for the Road, is a poignant farewell to one of television's most successful, and endearing, male friendships. And it's not hard to understand why it might be time to say goodbye to the format that presenter…
Do we need cheap Chinese brands to make EV ownership affordable?
On 5 July, the European Union announced it will impose massively hiked provisional import tariffs on Chinese electric cars. After an eight-month EU investigation into cheap Chinese imports, new additional duties of up to 38 per cent were placed on…
Chinese EV companies in negotiations to invest in Perlis
KANGAR: Several companies from China are in negotiations with the authorities on investments in Perlis, especially in the Chuping area near Padang Besar. The Malaysian Investment Development Board's (MIDA) Kedah and Perlis director Mohd Rushdan…
'Tenuous' link between uneven China-US trade, industrial policy: IMF economists
Worries that the trade imbalance between China and the United States resulted from industrial policies reflect an “incomplete” view, according to economists from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The view came at a time when…
Industrials Tick Up After Weekly Jobless Data -- Industrials Roundup
Shares of industrial and transportation companies rose, testing all-time highs after solid jobs data boded well for U.S. economic activity. The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose slightly to 230,000, but there…
India's EV conundrum: To invest in cars or charging points first
India wants 30% of newly registered private cars to be electric by 2030. But out of around 4.2 million passenger vehicles sold last year, less than 2.5% were EVs, according to Bain & Company. Boosting India's charging infrastructure is a vital step…
Two thirds of EV drivers would REJECT a courtesy petrol car
Two in three electric car owners would turn their nose up at the offer of a petrol courtesy car if offered one while their EV was being repaired, a new study has found. A survey of 500 EV drivers found that 67 per cent would refuse an internal…
Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles
Thirty-something Dagim Girma followed the Ethiopian government's lead and acquired an electric car in early 2024. He no longer has to wait for hours in the endless queues of cars in the streets of Addis Ababa, which usually indicate the entrance to…
Beijing urges EV makers to avoid investing in India and Turkey
Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) makers ' drive to go global hit a snag after Beijing urged them to avoid investing in countries like India and Turkey. The Ministry of Commerce convened executives from more than a dozen electric car makers in July…
GM in Talks to Buy Chinese Batteries Made in US by Japan's TDK
Deal to license CATL technology similar to Ford, Tesla accords Pact comes as US policymakers scrutinize China ties on EVs General Motors Co. is in discussions to buy electric vehicle batteries that would use technology from China's Contemporary…
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